. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 10.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Parasitol. 2007 May 10;37(12):1351–1358. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.04.017

Table 1.

Citrated plasma recalcification time assay from an extract of anterior midgut contents (AMC), anterior midgut wall (AMW) or the whole anterior midgut (AMC + AMW) of fourth instar nymphs starved for 20 days

	AMC	AMW	AMC + AMW
Coagulation time (seconds, average ± SEM.)	891 ± 169	152 ± 28	1.051 ± 187
Number of nymphs	9	9	9

Coagulation time was defined as the time taken for the turbidity to achieve an absorbance reading of 0.025 absorbance units, the absorbance at zero time being taken as zero absorbance units.